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Mayan Energy Ltd / Index: AIM / Epic: MYN/ ISIN: VGG6622A1057 / Sector: Oil and Gas

8 March 2018

Mayan Energy Ltd ('Mayan' or 'the Company')

Update on Heavy Oil Sands Project, Utah

Mayan Energy Ltd (AIM: MYN), the AIM listed oil and gas company, is pleased to note the following update from TSX listed Petroteq Energy Inc ('Petroteq') (TSXVE: PQE OTC: PQEFF) regarding the Asphalt Ridge heavy oil sands project, Utah. Mayan has a 17.6% interest in Deloro Energy LLC ('Deloro') which recently completed the first tranche of its US$10million acquisition of a 49% interest in Asphalt Ridge - see RNS dated 15 January 2018.

Full Text of Petroteq's Release

PETROTEQ REPORTS RESULTS FROM INDEPENDENT EVALUATION REPORT OF OIL RESOURCES ON ITS ASPHALT RIDGE LEASES

STUDIO CITY, CA, March 08, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Petroteq Energy Inc. ("Petroteq" or the "Company") (TSXV: PQE; OTCQX: PQEFF; Frankfurt: A2DYWC), a company focused on the development and implementation of proprietary technologies for the energy industry, today announced the filing of its third party independent detailed assay and testing resource evaluation report. The Company engaged Energy Labs of Casper, Wyoming to conduct an independent resource evaluation report on the oil that has been extracted from Petroteq's leases along Asphalt Ridge, Utah. The results of the Energy Labs assay on the oils from Petroteq's oil sands along Asphalt Ridge are consistent with the numerous studies performed on these oils by both academic institutions and major oil companies. The assay confirms that the quality of this oil is ideal for diesel fuel and has attributes attractive to oil refineries.

Mr. Blyumkin, chairman of Petroteq, said, "As we continue to make progress with the completion of our plant construction and the signing of our oil offtake agreement, we are extremely pleased with this report that confirms the quality of our oil sands assets. Oil with high levels of heavy metals has a negative impact on the life of the catalysts in oil refineries. Our oil contains low levels of asphaltenes and very low metal levels making it attractive to oil refineries."

The Asphalt Ridge oil contains a high percentage of hydrocarbons that are diesel range organics (C-10 to C-28) making this oil an ideal oil for diesel fuel. The tight shale plays that are an increasingly important source of domestic oil production typically have higher concentration of hydrocarbons in the gasoline range organics (C-6 to C-10), so are not as readily refined into diesel as they are gasoline. The disproportionate production of very light oils in the USA as opposed to heavier oils, may result in upward pricing pressures on heavy oils if this trend continues.

The Asphalt Ridge oil has very low sulfur content (0.5% and less weight percent) which is ideal for making ultra low sulfur diesel. Much higher sulfur contents are found in the oil sands in Canada, where extra money needs to be spent to remove the sulfur before it can be refined into a finished petroleum product. We do not expect to find such economic issues in the Asphalt Ridge oils. Refineries prefer as low sulfur content as possible. The Asphalt Ridge oil has relatively higher level of aromatic components, which increase the quality of the oil the products that can be produced from this oil.

About Petroteq Energy Inc.

Petroteq is a fully integrated oil and gas company focused on the development and implementation of a new proprietary technology for oil extraction. The Company has an environmentally safe and sustainable technology for the extraction of heavy oils from oil sands, oil shale deposits and shallow oil deposits. Petroteq is engaged in the development and implementation of its patented environmentally friendly heavy oil processing and extraction technologies. Our proprietary process produces zero greenhouse gas, zero waste and requires no high temperatures. Petroteq is currently focused on developing its oil sands resources and expanding production capacity at its Asphalt Ridge heavy oil extraction facility located near Vernal, Utah. The Company also owns a minority stake in an exploration and production play located in southwest Texas held by Accord GR Energy Inc. In addition, the Company, through its wholly owned subsidiary PetroBLOQ, LLC, is seeking to develop the first blockchain based platform created exclusively for the supply chain needs of the oil & gas sector. For more information, visit www.Petroteq.energy and PetroBLOQ.com.

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Notes:

Mayan Energy Limited is an AIM listed (London Stock Exchange) North American based energy Company. The Company is actively pursuing a primary recovery oil strategy focused on re-stimulating wells within mature producing basins with immediate cash flow leveraging commercially available technologies and projects that are shallow, low risk with low levels of capex and infrastructure already in place. It also remains interested in creating shareholder value by strategic investments in similar projects with high cash generative potential and by forming beneficial development partnerships that enable the use of pioneering and leading extraction technologies. The Company is currently primarily focussed on building out production at its Stockdale and Forest Hill oil fields in Texas.

About Petroteq Energy:

Petroteq Energy Inc. is a Canadian-registered holding company, publicly trading on the TSX Venture Exchange (Symbol: PQE) and the OTCQX trading platform (Symbol: PQEFF). Its offices are located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Los Angeles, California and its initial oil sands processing plant is in Vernal, Utah.

Petroteq is engaged in the development and implementation of its proprietary environmentally friendly heavy oil processing and extraction technologies. The proprietary process produces zero greenhouse gas, zero waste and requires no high temperatures. The Company is currently focused on developing its oil sands resources and expanding production capacity at its Facility at Asphalt Ridge, Utah. The Company also (i) owns a minority stake in an exploration and production play located in southwest Texas held by Accord GR Energy Inc., (ii) has a joint venture with Recruiter.com and Oilprice.com that provides internet based job placement and career services to the increasingly skilled and specialized energy sector, and (iii) is developing through PetroBloq an advanced blockchain solution for the energy industry, with a goal of optimizing petrochemical industry workflow processes.

About Deloro

Deloro private LLC which has entered into a joint venture arrangement with Petroteq under which Deloro will invest in a project that:

· holds the right to explore, mine, extract, product and sell or dispose of oil sands, bitumen, asphalt and other hydrocarbon substances and minerals in and within certain lands and properties situated in Uintah County, State of Utah, in the United States ("the Asphalt Ridge project") that comprises: plant & equipment; 87 MMSTB's of contingent reserves; and intellectual property relating to the processing and extraction technology and land title; and

· subject to the investment of an aggregate amount in stages of US$10m by Deloro, it will earn up to a 49% interest in the Asphalt Ridge project in the form of convertible loan notes, payable as follows:

o Tranche 1 of US$2.5million has now been completed; Deloro is entitled to receive an economic royalty from TMC Capital and PQE Oil in the amount of 25%,

o Tranche 2 of US$3.5million due once plant for more than 30 days is operating at greater than 1,000 bopd, accordingly Deloro will receive a further economic royalty from TMC Capital and PQE Oil in the amount of 10%; and

o Tranche 3 of US$3.95million due on or before by 1 June 2018.

Petroteq and Deloro will enter into a Joint Operating Agreement in due course and Petroteq will retain operatorship of the Asphalt Ridge project.